Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Chittoor and Tirupati Prepare for Local Body Elections
Chittoor and Tirupati districts are getting ready for local elections.
Officials are preparing places where people will vote and arranging ballot boxes and paper ballots.
Chittoor expects some municipal elections in an early phase, and its municipal corporation will have more divisions than before.
Tirupati has identified polling stations and arranged ballot boxes.
Some polling places in Tirupati may need extra security because they have been marked sensitive.
Officials are also working out how many election workers are needed.
They plan to train the staff who will help run the polls.
The election notification is still expected, and the article does not give a polling date.
Officials in Chittoor and Tirupati are preparing polling stations, ballot boxes, materials and staff ahead of the expected election notification.
Chittoor expects first-phase polls in Chittoor Municipal Corporation and the municipalities of Kuppam, Palamaner and Nagari; the corporation will have 60 divisions after delimitation, up from 50.
Chittoor lists 27 ZPTC and 370 MPTC seats, 622 gram panchayats, 10,26,821 voters and 5,926 polling stations.
Tirupati is preparing for elections to 35 ZPTC and 444 MPTC seats across 35 mandals, with 12,54,371 voters and 1,641 polling stations.
Tirupati has arranged 3,282 ballot boxes and plans extra security at polling stations identified as sensitive in 19 mandals.
- Who
- The district administrations and election officials in Chittoor and Tirupati.
- What
- Preparations are under way for municipal, Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad and gram panchayat elections.
- When
- Ahead of the expected election notification; no polling date is specified.
- Where
- Chittoor and Tirupati districts.
- Why
- To prepare for the local body elections, including arranging election materials, polling stations, staff and security.
- Chittoor voters
- 10,26,821
- Chittoor polling stations
- 5,926
- Chittoor ballot boxes
- 3,250 for ZP elections and 8,150 for panchayat elections are being prepared.
- Chittoor paper
- 20 tonnes procured for ZP elections; a similar requirement estimated for panchayat polls.
- Tirupati voters
- 12,54,371, including 6,10,515 men, 6,43,752 women and 104 voters from other categories.
- Tirupati polling arrangements
- 1,641 polling stations identified and 3,282 ballot boxes arranged.
- Sensitive locations
- Polling stations in 19 Tirupati mandals have been identified as sensitive.